The Uttarakhand Congress organised a state-wide protest on recent steep hike in the price of cooking gas on Thursday. The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Pritam Singh participated in protest in Haridwar while the Congress leaders participated in protests held in all district headquarters.
In provisional state capital Dehradun, the Congress workers led by Mahanagar President Lal Chand Sharma and district Congress president Sanjay Kishore assembled at the state headquarters of the party and marched to the Astley Hall.
Here the agitated workers burned the effigy of the union government on price rise. Speaking on the occasion, Lal Chand Sharma said that the government has increased the price of cooking gas by Rs 150 per cylinder which is like kicking poor in stomach.
